Fumigating-candle.



PATENTED JUNE 20, 1905.

J. F. CUNNINGHAM.

FUMIGATING CANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 26, 1905.

Wnwcsszs NrTED STATES Patented June 20, 1905.

PATENT ()FFIC-E.

JOHN F. CUNNINGHAM, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO J. O. MOORE, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

FUMIGATING-CANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,698, dated June 20, 1905.

A li ati fil d January 26. 1905. Serial No. $12,775.

To a whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN F. CUNNINGHAM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Springfield, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fumigating-Candles, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompan ying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in fumigating candles; and it consists of the novel features herein shown, described, and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a fumigating-candle embodying the principles of my invention as seen looking in the direction indicated by the arrows 1 in Figs. 2 and 4. Fig. 2 is a top plan view as seen looking in the direction indicated by the arrow 2 in Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on a plane parallel with Fig. 1, taken on the lines 3 3 of Figs. 2 and 4: and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. i is a sectional elevation on the lines 4 4 of Figs. 1, 2, and 3 and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section through the upper part of the candle as indicated by the line 5 5 in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the fumigating-candle 6 is in the form of a vertical cylinder having a central vertical draft-opening 7 and having a square or rectangular ignition-opening 8 formed within the integral body of combustible material of which the candle is composed and the said ignition-opening communicating with the lower end of the draft-opening. A wick 9 is coiled and embedded in the material of the candle around the draft-opening, the lower end of the wick left free of the material to form the fuse 10, said fuse extending into the opening 8.

The candle is cast in'the desired form and size of suitable material which will burn and fumigatefor instance, sulfur-and when it is desired to use the candle it is set in a vertical position, with the opening 8 at the lower end, and the fuse 10 is lighted. As soon as heat is applied to burn the fuse l0 and draft is started inwardly through the opening 8 and upwardly through the opening 7 and the wick continues to burn until the candle is nearly or quite consumed.

The important feature of my improved fumigating-candle is the arrangement by which the [ire passes upwardly through the center of the candle.

I claim A fumigating-eandle, comprising an integral body of sulfur, having a draft-opening; an ignition-opening in the body of sulfur communicating with said draftopening; and a Wick coiled around said draft-opening, with its end extending downwardly into said ignitionopening.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN F. CUNNINGHAM.

Witnesses:

Anon A. JoHNsoN, BEssIE A. KNOX. 

